(Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino). Limmud HaMeshichim BeKitzur / Dottrina Christiana Breve.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $300

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author

(CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TRACT)

printer

Sacra Congregatione di Propaganda Fide

Place

Rome

Publication

1658

Description

First Edition. Text in Hebrew and Italian. Hebrew prepared by Giovanni Battista Jona.

references

Vinograd, Rome 32.

summary

Giovanni Battista Jona, formerly, Judah Jonah of Safed, was a Jewish convert to Christianity who, along with the censor Domenico Gerosolimitano (originally, Rabbi Samuel Vivas of Jerusalem), served as scribe to the Vatican.

ff. (4), 64. Ex-library. Lightly browned. Contemporary limp vellum, light wear. 4to.

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